November 24, 2009

Rhodamine release

Stantec engineer Heather Amirault and aquatic biologist Ryan Park release red dye in to the Grand River near the cockshutt bridge in Brantford. The rhodamine wt, or red dye will help measure how quickly a spill would reach an intake at Chiefswood, Six Nations. The test is a partnership between Six Nations and the GRCA as part of an intake protection study and will help prepare for the impact of a spill upstream in the river before it reaches a drinking water intake. The test was done at the start of the oxbow area of the Grand which as I recall seems to take forever to paddle during a canoe trip.